The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-31
HAPPY SOLDIERS.
END OF The NATIONAL DRILL.
The lomax Rifles. OF Mobile. Win the First Prize
List of Successful Competitors
and Their Rewards.

Bfdmfnt, AT % % CLOCK tlllS AFTERNOON. anu
with every element contributingto to make
| the event one to be remembered. The
troOps-about 1900 in number-were
| drawn up in five lines, their center fac
ing the stand erected in the middle of the
| broad drill enclosure, upon which Lieut.
Gen. Sheridan and his brilliantly uni
formed staff had taken their places. Gen
Augur and staff came on horseback and
remained mounted during the ceremon-
ial. Gen. Ordway, Chief of Gen. Au-
gers staff, formally announced to Gen.
Sheridan that the troops We're assembled
to hear the awards and receive the prizes
in accordance with the decision of the
Board of Judges. An envelope contain
ing list of the awards, sealed with a
pOndeOus circle of red wax, was then
handed by Gen Ordway to Col.
Black, chairman of the Board
of Judges, who in turn passed
it to Col. King, conductor of the
dress parades. This officer rode to Io-
sition few yards in front of the stand.
opened the envelope and read the awards.
ordering the commanding officers of the
winning organizations TO the front in
turn as the several awards were an
nounced. AS the name of the first or
ganizatiOn Virginia National Guards)
was announced and the commanding
officer was called for, Col. King turned.
and said: He is in town, sir, and cant
be far AWAY" At that moment the colonel
of the Virginia troops came around the
stand from the rear. The troops had
left Washington for their homes last
Saturday and the Colonel and Lieuten-
ant-COlOnel were alone ON hand to re-
ceive the prizes. Three half-covered
boxes containing the medals were hand
ed to the Colonel by General Sheridan,
who then asked if he had any one to re-
celye- me Hags. Tie ~Eeuttnar-C Colonel
then came forward and the large flags.
with their OIL cloth coverings, making a
comfortable armful, were passed down
to them and carried away to the rear.
All the other prize winning organiZa-
tions were in line and their commanding
officers came forward at the word.
and marched, sword inc hand,
To the stand, saluted and received from
Lieutenant General Sheridan their
prizes. The cash awards were contained
in open envelopes out of which projected
the ends of newly issued National cur
rency in bills of large denominations.
1t seemed to be a problem with some of
the proud recipients how to secure the
bills in the fresh breeze which was blow
ing, take charge of the boxes contain
ing the medals, and with their hands
thus Occnpied, salute as they retired.
Two hands We're hardly up to the re-
quirement i'm some cases, and more than
one lucky commander retired per force
without saluting in due form.
The following is an official list of the
of the organizations in the com
petitions.
REGIMENTAL DRILL--First Regiment
Virginia National Guards sole compe-
titor.)
BATTALION DRILL-First Washington
Light Infantry; Second Louisville Le-
gion, of Kentucky; Third, Fifth Rhode
Island.
COMPANY DRILL.-First, LomaX Rifles,
Company B, First Alabama; Second,
Company ID, Second Minnesota: Third,
Belknap Rifles, Company h, Third Tex
as; Fourth, National Rifles, of Washing
ton; Fifth, San Antonio Rifles, of Texas;
Sixth, indianapolis Light Infantry; Sew
enth, Toledo Cadets; Eighth, Washing
ton Light Infantry. Company b; Ninth,
Volunteer Southrons, of Vicksburg, Miss.
Tenth, Company A, Fifth Rhode Island:
Eleventh, Muscatine Rifles, of Iowa:
Alexandria Light Infantry:
Sheridan Guards, of New
Fourteenth, Walker Light
Guards, Company B, First Virginia:
Fifteenth, Custer Guards, Second Michi-
gan; Sixteenth. Fort Wayne Rifles, Sec
ond Indiana; Seventeenth, Wooster City
Guards, Eighth Ohio; Eighteenth, Jack
son Rifles, First Michigan; Nineteenth,
Louisiana Rifles: Twentieth, Richmond
Grays, First Virginia; Twenty first, |
Nealey Rifles, First Virginia; Twenty |
second, Company C, First Battalion of
New Jersey; Twenty-third, Company f,
First Minnesota; Twenty-fourth, Moli- |
neaux Rifles, Company ID, Thirty-second
New York; Twenty fifth, Company \.
Cadet Corps; Twenty-sixth,
Eighth Separate Company, Rochester,
n. "; Twenty Governors
of North Carolina: Twenty
eighth, State Guard, of Virginia: Twenty
ninth, Company A, First Virginia; Thir-
tieth, Company c, Second Connecticut.
CAVALRY DRILL--No competitors.
LIGHT ARTILLERY DRILL.-First, Bat
lery (of indianapolis Light Artillery:
First Light Battery, of Wiscon-
sin Tor Milwaukee Light Battery. Bat
tery E, First Battery of Virginia Artil-
lery, or R. E. Lees Battery, of Peters
burg, Va, drew for place aud accepted
the programme, but did not appear on
drill.
MACHINE GUN DRILL--First, Battery
4, of Ohio (or Cincinnati Battery: Sec
ond. Battery A, Louisville Legion.
ZoUAvEs.-FIrst, Chicago Zouaves;
Memphis Merchants Zouaves:
Third, Keck Zouaves-
CADET CORPS.-First, Michigan Mill
tary Academy Cadets; Second, Mary
land Agricultural College Cadets:
Third, Bethel Academy Cadets;
Foruth, Peekskill Academy Cadets; Fifth.
Cayuga Lake Cadets; Sixth, st. Johns
Academy Cadets, Alexandria, Va
INDIVIDUAL DRILL.-First. Private III.
First Sergeant Chas. F. Conrad Com